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ArticleInternational journal of qualitative studies on health and well-being2024

Awareness of cardiovascular risk among persons with type 2 diabetes: a qualitative study.

Lena Jutterström, Anna-Lena Stenlund, Julia Otten, Mikael Lilja, Karin Hellström Ängerud

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Article in International journal of qualitative studies on health and well-being, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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Lena JutterströmDepartment of Nursing, Department of Public Health and Clinical Medicine, Family Medicine, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden.ORCID 0000-0002-1564-8825
Anna-Lena StenlundDepartment of Nursing, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden.ORCID 0000-0001-6287-0579
Julia OttenDepartment of Public Health and Clinical Medicine, Medicine, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden.ORCID 0000-0001-9016-1139
Mikael LiljaUnit of Research, Education and Development Department of Public Health and Clinical Medicine - Östersund Hospital, Department of Public Health and Clinical Medicine, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden.ORCID 0000-0002-5203-9877
Karin Hellström ÄngerudDepartment of Nursing, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden.ORCID 0000-0002-7918-6121
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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeTo describe the process of becoming aware of and acting on personal cardiovascular (CVD) risk in type 2 diabetes (T2D).

methodA purposive sample of 14 persons living with T2D participated in semi-structured, open-ended, in-dept interviews. The interviews were analysed with grounded theory.

resultThe analysis identified the core category "Balancing emotions, integrating knowledge and understanding to achieve risk awareness and act on it." Five categories describe the movement from not being aware of the risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) to becoming aware of this risk and taking action to reduce it. Persons with T2D need to transform their knowledge and experience of CVD risk and incorporate it in their individual situations. Emotional and existential experiences of CVD risk can lead to awareness about the severity of the condition and contribute to increased motivation for self-management. However, an overly high emotional response can be overwhelming and may result in insufficient self-management.

conclusionPersons with T2D seemed not to fully grasp their increased risk of CVD or recognize that self-management activities were aimed at reducing this risk. However, their awareness of CVD risk gradually increased as they came to understand the severity of T2D and became more emotionally and existentially engaged.

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Cardiovascular DiseasesDiabetes Mellitus, Type 2Self-ManagementHeart Disease Risk FactorsHumansRisk FactorsCardiovascular riskpatients’ experiencesprimary health carequalitativerisk awarenesstype 2 diabetes

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PMCPMC11737827
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